For the past couple months, The Crocker Art Museum has had an exhibition of Buddha. With so much going on, I never took the time to go see the exhibit until the closing ceremony.
There was a ceremony of mantra chanting and silent meditation on peace. Walt and I took the kids to check it out.
There were some Lamas there (is that right? it sounds funny to say.) that did some chanting in the beginning of the ceremony. It was beautiful.
The weather was quite warm and there wasn't much shade but the ceremony was suprisingly short. I was prepared for at least 15 minutes of meditation. It was only about 1 minute.
There was a request for more mantra when the ceremony was over. We did it for 5 extra minutes. Josh was a good mantra chanter.
Om Mani Padme Hum
Om Mani Padme Hum
Om Mani Padme Hum
There were Blessing Cords given out to those who attended. These cords have been blessed by the Dali Lama and are a traditional memento to be worn around the neck or wrist to remind us to carry the ceremony and what it represents with us in our daily lives.
After the ceremony, we went back inside the museum to check out the Buddhas and permanent collections. We weren't allowed to take pictures of the Buddhas. I think that goes with any temporary exhibition.
This is my favorite room in the museum. I'm not particularly fond of old oil paintings or portraits but I really love how every inch of the walls are covered in paintings. It's so grand.
The Lamas followed us home.
Not really.
Notice Carley in the Cinderella dress? She still dresses in princess dresses often.
2 comments:
WOW!! Speachless on this one. I love how you get out and do all of these neat things with your family. =)
Awesome! I wish I could have gone with you to experience it also. I guess there was some of that here in Seattle too as Kurt Smith posted about it on his blog. kurtsmithphotography.blogspot.com
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